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subject	book bibliographic info
claros	Bricault and Bonnet (2013), Panthée: Religious Transformations in the Graeco-Roman Empire, 30, 33, 39 Dignas (2002), Economy of the Sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, 294 Dignas Parker and Stroumsa (2013), Priests and Prophets Among Pagans, Jews and Christians, 85, 117, 119 Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 192, 365 Faulkner and Hodkinson (2015), Hymnic Narrative and the Narratology of Greek Hymns, 266, 267 Lester (2018), Prophetic Rivalry, Gender, and Economics: A Study in Revelation and Sibylline Oracles 4-5. 109 Naiden (2013), Smoke Signals for the Gods: Ancient Greek Sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman Periods, 93, 94, 267 Shannon-Henderson (2019), Power Play in Latin Love Elegy and its Multiple Forms of Continuity in Ovid’s , 104, 106, 262 Stavrianopoulou (2006), Ritual and Communication in the Graeco-Roman World, 157 Sweeney (2013), Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia, 107, 110, 113, 115, 117, 118, 125 Trapp et al. (2016), In Praise of Asclepius: Selected Prose Hymns, 60
claros, apollo clarios	Stavrianopoulou (2006), Ritual and Communication in the Graeco-Roman World, 156, 161
claros, apollo, cult of	Bruun and Edmondson (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy, 436
claros, artemis, at	Sweeney (2013), Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia, 110
claros, asia	Bruun and Edmondson (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy, 436
claros, oracle	Stavrianopoulou (2006), Ritual and Communication in the Graeco-Roman World, 156, 292

List of validated texts:

4 validated results for "claros"

1. None, None, nan (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Artemis, at Claros • Claros • Klaros, oracle of Apollon • oracle, of Apollon at Klaros

Found in books: Ekroth (2013), The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period, 265; Sweeney (2013), Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia, 110

2. Tacitus, Annals, 2.54, 3.61 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Claros

Found in books: Dignas (2002), Economy of the Sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, 294; Dignas Parker and Stroumsa (2013), Priests and Prophets Among Pagans, Jews and Christians, 85; Sweeney (2013), Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia, 117; Trapp et al. (2016), In Praise of Asclepius: Selected Prose Hymns, 60

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2.54 Petita inde Euboea tramisit Lesbum ubi Agrippina novissimo partu Iuliam edidit. tum extrema Asiae Perinthumque ac Byzantium, Thraecias urbes, mox Propontidis angustias et os Ponticum intrat, cupidine veteres locos et fama celebratos noscendi; pariterque provincias internis certaminibus aut magistratuum iniuriis fessas refovebat. atque illum in regressu sacra Samothracum visere nitentem obvii aquilones depulere. igitur adito Ilio quaeque ibi varietate fortunae et nostri origine veneranda, relegit Asiam adpellitque Colophona ut Clarii Apollinis oraculo uteretur. non femina illic, ut apud Delphos, sed certis e familiis et ferme Mileto accitus sacerdos numerum modo consultantium et nomina audit; tum in specum degressus, hausta fontis arcani aqua, ignarus plerumque litterarum et carminum edit responsa versibus compositis super rebus quas quis mente concepit. et ferebatur Germanico per ambages, ut mos oraculis, maturum exitum cecinisse. ^3.61 Primi omnium Ephesii adiere, memorantes non, ut vulgus crederet, Dianam atque Apollinem Delo genitos: esse apud se Cenchreum amnem, lucum Ortygiam, ubi Latonam partu gravidam et oleae, quae tum etiam maneat, adnisam edidisse ea numina, deorumque monitu sacratum nemus, atque ipsum illic Apollinem post interfectos Cyclopas Iovis iram vitavisse. mox Liberum patrem, bello victorem, supplicibus Amazonum quae aram insiderant ignovisse. auctam hinc concessu Herculis, cum Lydia poteretur, caerimoniam templo neque Persarum dicione deminutum ius; post Macedonas, dein nos servavisse.'' None

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2.54 \xa0From Athens he visited Euboea, and crossed over to Lesbos; where Agrippina, in her last confinement, gave birth to Julia. Entering the outskirts of Asia, and the Thracian towns of Perinthus and Byzantium, he then struck through the straits of the Bosphorus and the mouth of the Euxine, eager to make the acquaintance of those ancient and storied regions, though simultaneously he brought relief to provinces outworn by internecine feud or official tyranny. On the return journey, he made an effort to visit the Samothracian Mysteries, but was met by northerly winds, and failed to make the shore. So, after an excursion to Troy and those venerable remains which attest the mutability of fortune and the origin of Rome, he skirted the Asian coast once more, and anchored off Colophon, in order to consult the oracle of the Clarian Apollo. Here it is not a prophetess, as at Delphi, but a male priest, chosen out of a restricted number of families, and in most cases imported from Miletus, who hears the number and the names of the consultants, but no more, then descends into a cavern, swallows a draught of water from a mysterious spring, and â\x80\x94 though ignorant generally of writing and of metre â\x80\x94\xa0delivers his response in set verses dealing with the subject each inquirer had in mind. Rumour said that he had predicted to Germanicus his hastening fate, though in the equivocal terms which oracles affect. < ^3.61 \xa0The Ephesians were the first to appear. "Apollo and Diana," they stated, "were not, as commonly supposed, born at Delos. In Ephesus there was a river Cenchrius, with a grove Ortygia; where Latona, heavy-wombed and supporting herself by an olive-tree which remained to that day, gave birth to the heavenly twins. The grove had been hallowed by divine injunction; and there Apollo himself, after slaying the Cyclopes, had evaded the anger of Jove. Afterwards Father Liber, victor in the war, had pardoned the suppliant Amazons who had seated themselves at the altar. Then the sanctity of the temple had been enhanced, with the permission of Hercules, while he held the crown of Lydia; its privileges had not been diminished under the Persian empire; later, they had been preserved by the Macedonians â\x80\x94 last by ourselves." <'' None

3. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Claros

Found in books: Shannon-Henderson (2019), Power Play in Latin Love Elegy and its Multiple Forms of Continuity in Ovid’s , 104; Trapp et al. (2016), In Praise of Asclepius: Selected Prose Hymns, 60

4. None, None, nan (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Claros • Clarus, oracle of, • Klaros • oracles, Klaros • temple, Apollo of Klaros

Found in books: Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 363; Marek (2019), In the Land of a Thousand Gods: A History of Asia Minor in the Ancient World, 519; Shannon-Henderson (2019), Power Play in Latin Love Elegy and its Multiple Forms of Continuity in Ovid’s , 104; Trapp et al. (2016), In Praise of Asclepius: Selected Prose Hymns, 60

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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